FCCC Faculty Publications

Price RA Jr, Jin L, Meyer J, Chen L, Lin T, Eldib A, Chen X, Liu J, Veltchev I, Wang L, Ma C. Practical Clinical Implementation of the Special Physics Consultation Process in the Re-irradiation Environment. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2021 Jan-Feb;6(1) :100594. PMC ID:PMC7811122.

Shan G, Hu W, Chen L, Price RA, Ma CC. Dosimetric evaluation of image-guided radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Med Dosim. 2020 Oct 2 .

Paly JJ, Deng M, Lee CT, Hayes SB, Galloway TJ, Hallman MA, Weiss SE, Horwitz EM, Price RA, Ma CC, Meyer JE. Pelvic Reirradiation Utilizing Pulsed Low-dose Rate Radiation Therapy. Am J Clin Oncol. 2020 Oct;43(10) :748-751.

Panetta J, Cvetkovic D, Chen X, Chen L, Ma CC. Radiodynamic therapy using 15-MV radiation combined with 5-aminolevulinic acid and carbamide peroxide for prostate cancer <i>in vivo</i>. Phys Med Biol. 2020 Aug 19;65(16) :165008.

Xu Q, Tong X, Lin M, Chen X, ElDib A, Lin T, Chen L, Ma CC. Time and frequency to observe fiducial markers in MLC-modulated fields during prostate IMRT/VMAT beam delivery. Phys Med. 2020 Jul 14;76 :142-149. PMC ID:PMC7528608.

Avkshtol V, Ruth KJ, Ross EA, Hallman MA, Greenberg RE, Price RA Jr, Leachman B, Uzzo RG, Ma C, Chen D, Geynisman DM, Sobczak ML, Zhang E, Wong JK, Pollack A, Horwitz EM. Ten-Year Update of a Randomized, Prospective Trial of Conventional Fractionated Versus Moderate Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2020 May 20;38(15) :1676-1684. PMC ID:PMC7238488.

Kry SF, Feygelman V, Balter P, Knoos T, Ma CC, Snyder M, Tonner B, Vassiliev ON. AAPM Task Group 329: Reference dose specification for dose calculations: dose-to-water or dose-to-muscle?. Med Phys. 2020 Mar;47(3) :e52-e64.

Ma CMC, Chetty IJ, Deng J, Faddegon B, Jiang SB, Li J, Seuntjens J, Siebers JV, Traneus E. Beam modeling and beam model commissioning for Monte Carlo dose calculation-based radiation therapy treatment planning: Report of AAPM Task Group 157. Med Phys. 2020 Jan;47(1) :e1-e18.

Veltchev I, Price R, Chen X, Howell K, Meyer J, Ma CM. Application of a directional palladium-103 brachytherapy device on a curved surface. Med Phys. 2019 Apr;46(4) :1905-1913.

Chen M, Fan L, Zhang SM, Li Y, Chen P, Peng X, Liu DB, Ma C, Zhang WJ, Zou ZW, Li PD. LINC01939 inhibits the metastasis of gastric cancer by acting as a molecular sponge of miR-17-5p to regulate EGR2 expression. Cell Death Dis. 2019 Jan 25;10(2) :70. PMC ID:PMC6347617.

Lin T, Hossain M, Fan J, Ma CC. When and how to treat an IMRT patient on a second accelerator without replanning?. Med Dosim. 2018 Winter;43(4) :334-343.

Liu Z, Chen M, Xie LK, Liu T, Zou ZW, Li Y, Chen P, Peng X, Ma C, Zhang WJ, Li PD. CLCA4 inhibits cell proliferation and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma by suppressing epithelial-mesenchymal transition via PI3K/AKT signaling. Aging (Albany NY). 2018 Oct 11;10(10) :2570-2584. PMC ID:PMC6224236.

Liu J, Lin T, Fan J, Chen L, Price R, Ma CC. Evaluation of the combined use of two different respiratory monitoring systems for 4D CT simulation and gated treatment. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2018 Sep;19(5) :666-675. PMC ID:PMC6123155.

Zhang D, Wang B, Zhang G, Ma C, Deng X. Comparison of 3D and 2D gamma passing rate criteria for detection sensitivity to IMRT delivery errors. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2018 Jul;19(4) :230-238. PMC ID:PMC6036388.

Lee CT, Dong Y, Li T, Freedman S, Anaokar J, Galloway TJ, Hallman MA, Weiss SE, Hayes SB, Price RA, Ma CMC, Meyer JE. Local Control and Toxicity of External Beam Reirradiation With a Pulsed Low-dose-rate Technique. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Mar 15;100(4) :959-964. PMC ID:PMC7537409.

Zou ZW, Liu T, Li Y, Chen P, Peng X, Ma C, Zhang WJ, Li PD. Melatonin suppresses thyroid cancer growth and overcomes radioresistance via inhibition of p65 phosphorylation and induction of ROS. Redox Biol. 2018 Mar 1;16 :226-236. PMC ID:PMC5854931.

Fareed MM, Eldib AA, Weiss SE, Hayes SB, Li J, Ma CC. A treatment planning comparison between a novel rotating gamma system and robotic linear accelerator based intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy. Phys Med Biol. 2018 Feb;63(3) :035029.

Li PD, Chen P, Peng X, Ma C, Zhang WJ, Dai XF. HOXC6 predicts invasion and poor survival in hepatocellular carcinoma by driving epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Aging (Albany NY). 2018 Jan 15;10(1) :115-130. PMC ID:PMC5811246.

Li PD, Liu Z, Cheng TT, Luo WG, Yao J, Chen J, Zou ZW, Chen LL, Ma C, Dai XF. Redox-dependent modulation of metformin contributes to enhanced sensitivity of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to cisplatin. Oncotarget. 2017 Sep 22;8(37) :62057-62068. PMC ID:PMC5617486.

Meyer JE, Finnberg NK, Chen L, Cvetkovic D, Wang B, Zhou L, Dong Y, Hallman MA, Ma CC, El-Deiry WS. Tissue TGF-beta expression following conventional radiotherapy and pulsed low-dose-rate radiation. Cell Cycle. 2017 Jun 18;16(12) :1171-1174. PMC ID:PMC5499842.

Liu T, Kan XF, Ma C, Chen LL, Cheng TT, Zou ZW, Li Y, Cao FJ, Zhang WJ, Yao J, Li PD. GPX2 overexpression indicates poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Tumour Biol. 2017 Jun;39(6) :1010428317700410.

Li PD, Hu JL, Ma C, Ma H, Yao J, Chen LL, Chen J, Cheng TT, Yang KY, Wu G, Zhang WJ, Cao RB. Upregulation of the long non-coding RNA PVT1 promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression by acting as a molecular sponge of miR-203 and LASP1. Oncotarget. 2017 May 23;8(21) :34164-34176. PMC ID:PMC5470958.

Shaikh T, Li T, Handorf EA, Johnson ME, Wang LS, Hallman MA, Greenberg RE, Price RA Jr, Uzzo RG, Ma C, Chen D, Geynisman DM, Pollack A, Horwitz EM. Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes From a Phase 3 Randomized Prospective Trial of Conventional Versus Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Mar 15;97(4) :722-731. PMC ID:PMC5331910.

Huang JF, Zhang FZ, Zou QZ, Zhou LY, Yang B, Chu JJ, Yu JH, Zhang HW, Yuan XP, Tai GM, Liu FJ, Ma CC. Induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiation and nimotuzumab for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Preliminary results from a phase II clinical trial. Oncotarget. 2017 Jan 10;8(2) :2457-2465. PMC ID:PMC5356815.

Peng S, Zhou P, He W, Liao M, Chen L, Ma CM. Treatment of hepatic tumors by thermal versus mechanical effects of pulsed high intensity focused ultrasound in vivo. Phys Med Biol. 2016 Sep 21;61(18) :6754-6769.

Zou ZW, Ma C, Medoro L, Chen L, Wang B, Gupta R, Liu T, Yang XZ, Chen TT, Wang RZ, Zhang WJ, Li PD. LncRNA ANRIL is up-regulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and promotes the cancer progression via increasing proliferation, reprograming cell glucose metabolism and inducing side-population stem-like cancer cells. Oncotarget. 2016 Sep 20;7(38) :61741-61754. PMC ID:PMC5308687.

Fu X, Ju J, Lin Z, Xiao W, Li X, Zhuang B, Zhang T, Ma X, Li X, Ma C, Su W, Wang Y, Qin X, Liang S. Target deletion of complement component 9 attenuates antibody-mediated hemolysis and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute shock in mice. Sci Rep. 2016 Jul 22;6 :30239. PMC ID:PMC4957234.

Fan J, Lin T, Jin L, Chen L, Veltchev I, Wang L, Eldib A, Chibani O, Wang B, Xu Q, Price R, Ma C. MO-FG-CAMPUS-JeP3-05: Evaluation of 4D CT-On-Rails Target Localization Methods for Free Breathing Liver Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT). Med Phys. 2016 Jun;43(6) :3727.

Jin L, Price RA, Wang L, Meyer J, Fan JJ, Ma CM. Dosimetric and delivery efficiency investigation for treating hepatic lesions with a MLC-equipped robotic radiosurgery-radiotherapy combined system. Med Phys. 2016 Feb;43(2) :727-33.

Wan B, Lang J, Wang P, Ma CM. Treatment optimization with concurrent SBRT and intracavitary brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Jan 8;17(1) :70-79. PMC ID:PMC5690197.

Deng J, Feng Y, Ma C, Yin FF. Novel Technologies for Improved Treatment Outcome and Patient Safety in Cancer Radiotherapy. Biomed Res Int. 2016 ;2016 :3016454. PMC ID:PMC4791494.

Eldib A, Chibani O, Jin L, Li J, Veltchev I, Price R, Mora G, Ma C. SU-C-BRB-05: Investigation of Conformal Arc Therapy Utilizing Newly Designed Cobalt 60 Machine. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3194.

Gawad MA, Desouky O, Elgohary M, Hassaan M, Eldib A, Emam M, Ma C. SU-D-213-06: Dosimetry of Modulated Electron Radiation Therapy Using Fricke Gel Dosimeter. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3207.

Chen L, Cvetkovic D, Gupta R, Wang B, Ma C. SU-E-J-01: MR Guided Pulsed Focused Ultrasound Mediated Targeted Chemotherapeutic-Agent Delivery in Management of Prostate Cancer. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3263.

Lin T, Ma C. SU-E-J-52: Decreasing Frequency of Performing TG-142 Imaging QA - 5 Year Experience. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3275.

Li C, Wang B, Dong Z, Ge W, Xu L, Ma C. SU-E-T-13: A Comparative Dosimetric Study On Radio-Dynamic Therapy for Pelvic Cancer Treatment: Strategies for Bone Marrow Dose and Volume Reduction. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3333.

Eldib A, Chibani O, Jin L, Li J, Lin M, Chen L, Lin T, Ma C. SU-E-T-262: Development of An In-House Forward Planning System for Conformal Arc Therapy. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3393.

Chibani O, Eldib A, Ma C. SU-E-T-31: A Fast Finite Size Pencil Beam (FSPB) Convolution Algorithm for a New Co-60 Arc Therapy Machine. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3337.

Gupta R, Eldib A, Wang B, Ma C, Li J. SU-E-T-323: Dosimetric Evaluation of Small Fields for SBRT Treatment. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3407.

Ma C, Eldib A, Li C, Chibani O, Mora G, Li J, Chen L. SU-E-T-335: Dosimetric Investigation of An Advanced Rotating Gamma Ray System for Imaged Guided Radiation Therapy. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3410.

Li JS, Fan J, Ma CM. SU-E-T-467: Implementation of Monte Carlo Dose Calculation for a Multileaf Collimator Equipped Robotic Radiotherapy System. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3442.

Lin T, Eldib A, Hossain M, Price R, Ma C. SU-E-T-522: Investigation of Underdosage of Total Body Irradiation with Bilateral Irradiation Scheme. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3455.

Tong X, Luo F, Liu Y, Zhang W, Xu Q, Zhang T, Li J, Chen L, Ma C. SU-E-T-620: Planning and Dosimetry for Pulsed Low Dose Rate RT for Recurrent Lung, Spine, GYN and Head and Neck Cancers. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3479.

Jin L, Eldib A, Li J, Price R, Ma C. SU-E-T-632: Preliminary Study On Treating Nose Skin Using Energy and Intensity Modulated Electron Beams with Monte Carlo Based Dose Calculations. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3481.

Wang B, Cvetkovic D, Wang C, Chen L, Ma C. SU-E-T-668: Radiosensitizing Effect of Bosutinib On Prostate and Colon Cancers: A Pilot in Vitro Study. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3490.

Cvetkovic D, Wang B, Chen L, Ma C. SU-E-T-715: Subacute Effects of Pulsed Low Dose Rate Radiotherapy and Conventional Radiotherapy On Normal Mouse Tissues. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3501.

Price R, Meyer J, Horwitz E, Ma C. SU-E-T-747: The Use of the EQD2 Formalism and Repair Estimates in the Re-Irradiation Setting and Correlation with Patient Follow-Up Data. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3508.

Chibani O, Ma C. SU-E-T-761: TOMOMC, A Monte Carlo-Based Planning VerificationTool for Helical Tomotherapy. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3512.

Ma C, Chibani O, Mora G, Li J, Chen L. SU-E-T-94: An Advanced Rotating Gamma Ray System for Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3352.

Gupta R, Cvetkovic D, Wang B, Ma C, Chen L. SU-E-U-04: Evaluation of Normal Tissue Toxicity of Drug-Loaded Nanodroplets Used for Treating Prostate Cancer with MR-Guided Focused-Ultrasound. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3241.

Veltchev I, Fourkal E, Doss M, Yu J, Meyer J, Ma C. SU-F-BRA-15: Physical Aspects and Clinical Applications of Post-Treatment Yttrium-90 PET-Based Dosimetry. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3537.

Chen L, Cvetkovic D, Gupta R, Wang B, Ma C. TU-CD-210-05: A Drug Delivery Technique Employing Pulsed Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer Therapy. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6) :3613.

Frishman-Levy L, Shemesh A, Bar-Sinai A, Ma C, Ni Z, Frenkel S, Muench V, Bruckmueller H, Vokuhl C, Debatin KM, Eckert C, Stanulla M, Schrappe M, Campbell KS, Loewenthal R, Schewe DM, Hochman J, Meyer LH, Kaufman D, Cario G, Porgador A, Izraeli S. Central nervous system acute lymphoblastic leukemia: role of natural killer cells. Blood. 2015 May 28;125(22) :3420-31. PMC ID:PMC7265786.

Zhang P, Wang B, Chen X, Cvetkovic D, Chen L, Lang J, Ma CM. Local Tumor Control and Normal Tissue Toxicity of Pulsed Low-Dose Rate Radiotherapy for Recurrent Lung Cancer: An In Vivo Animal Study. Dose Response. 2015 Apr-Jun;13(2) :1559325815588507. PMC ID:PMC4674173.

Tong X, Chen X, Li J, Xu Q, Lin MH, Chen LL, Price RA, Ma CM. Intrafractional prostate motion during external beam radiotherapy monitored by a real-time target localization system. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2015 Mar 08;16(2) :51-61. PMC ID:PMC5690091.

Dai X, Zhao Y, Liang Z, Dassarath M, Wang L, Jin L, Chen L, Dong J, Price RA, Ma CM. Volumetric-modulated arc therapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma: a dosimetric and delivery efficiency comparison with static-field IMRT. Phys Med. 2015 Feb;31(1) :54-9. PMC ID:PMC4282814.

Lin MH, Veltchev I, Koren S, Ma C, Li J. Robotic radiosurgery system patient-specific QA for extracranial treatments using the planar ion chamber array and the cylindrical diode array. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2015 ;16(4) :290-305.

Ma CM, Chen X, Cvetkovic D, Chen L. An in-vivo investigation of the therapeutic effect of pulsed focused ultrasound on tumor growth. Med Phys. 2014 Dec;41(12) :122901.

Li J, Lang J, Wang P, Kang S, Lin MH, Chen X, Chen F, Guo M, Chen L, Ma CMC. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for pancreatic and prostate cancer using pulsed low-dose rate delivery techniques. Medical Dosimetry. 2014 Winter;39(4) :330-336.

Ledingham KWD, Bolton PR, Shikazono N, Ma CMC. Towards Laser Driven Hadron Cancer Radiotherapy: A Review of Progress. Applied Sciences-Basel. 2014 Sep;4(3) :402-443.

Yang B, Wei XD, Zhao YT, Ma CM. Dosimetric evaluation of integrated IMRT treatment of the chest wall and supraclavicular region for breast cancer after modified radical mastectomy. Med Dosim. 2014 Summer;39(2) :185-9.

Kang S, Lang J, Wang P, Li J, Lin M, Chen X, Guo M, Chen F, Chen L, Ma CM. Optimization strategies for pulsed low-dose-rate IMRT of recurrent lung and head and neck cancers. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2014 May 8;15(3) :4661. PMC ID:PMC5711051.

Ren JH, Dai XF, Yan GL, Jin M, Liu CW, Yang KY, Wu G, Ma CM. Acute oral mucositis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with radiotherapy: association with genetic polymorphism in DNA DSB repair genes. Int J Radiat Biol. 2014 Mar;90(3) :256-61.

Jin L, Eldib A, Li J, Emam I, Fan J, Wang L, Ma CM. Measurement and Monte Carlo simulation for energy- and intensity-modulated electron radiotherapy delivered by a computer-controlled electron multileaf collimator. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2014 ;15(1) :4506.

Price RA Jr, Koren S, Veltchev I, Hossain M, Lin MH, Galloway T, Flanagan P, Haber J, Ma CM. Planning target volume-to-skin proximity for head-and-neck intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jan-Feb;4(1) :e21-9.

Lin MH, Price RA, Li J, Kang S, Li J, Ma CM. Investigation of pulsed IMRT and VMAT for re-irradiation treatments: dosimetric and delivery feasibilities. Phys Med Biol. 2013 Nov 7;58(22) :8179-8196.

Wang L, Chen X, Lin MH, Xue J, Lin T, Fan J, Jin L, Ma CM. Evaluation of the cone beam CT for internal target volume localization in lung stereotactic radiotherapy in comparison with 4D MIP images. Med Phys. 2013 Nov;40(11) :111709, 1-8.

Pollack A, Walker G, Horwitz EM, Price R, Feigenberg S, Konski AA, Stoyanova R, Movsas B, Greenberg RE, Uzzo RG, Ma C, Buyyounouski MK. Randomized trial of hypofractionated external-beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Nov 1;31(31) :3860-8. PMC ID:PMC 3805927.

Dai XF, Ding J, Zhang RG, Ren JH, Ma CMC, Wu G. Radiosensitivity enhancement of human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721 by sorafenib through the MEK/ERK signal pathway. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 2013 Sep;89(9) :724-731.

Eldib A, Jin L, Li J, Ma CM. Feasibility of replacing patient specific cutouts with a computer-controlled electron multileaf collimator. Phys Med Biol. 2013 Jul 29;58(16) :5653-5672.

Li JS, Lin MH, Buyyounouski MK, Horwitz EM, Ma CM. Reduction of prostate intrafractional motion from shortening the treatment time. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2013 Jul;58(14) :4921-4932.

Lin MH, Li JS, Price RA, Wang L, Lee CC, Ma CM. The dosimetric impact of dental implants on head-and-neck volumetric modulated arc therapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2013 Feb;58(4) :1027-1040.

Lin MH, Koren S, Veltchev I, Li J, Wang L, Price RA, Ma CM. Measurement comparison and Monte Carlo analysis for volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) delivery verification using the ArcCHECK dosimetry system. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2013 ;14(2) :3929.

Freedman GM, Anderson PR, Bleicher RJ, Litwin S, Li TY, Swaby RF, Ma CMC, Li JS, Sigurdson ER, Watkins-Bruner D, Morrow M, Goldstein LJ. Five-year Local Control in a Phase II Study of Hypofractionated Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy With an Incorporated Boost for Early Stage Breast Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2012 Nov;84(4) :888-893. PMC ID:PMC3419789.

Lin MH, Li J, Wang L, Koren S, Fan J, Forkal E, Ma CM. 4D patient dose reconstruction using online measured EPID cine images for lung SBRT treatment validation. Med Phys. 2012 Oct;39(10) :5949-58.

Ma CM, Lin MH, Dai XF, Koren S, Klayton T, Wang L, Li JS, Chen L, Price RA. Investigation of pulsed low dose rate radiotherapy using dynamic arc delivery techniques. Phys Med Biol. 2012 Jul 21;57(14) :4613-26.

Hossain M, Schirmer T, Richardson T, Chen LL, Buyyounouski MK, Ma CM. Effect of Gold Marker Seeds on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Prostate. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2012 May;83(1) :451-458.

Chen XM, Cvetkovic D, Ma CM, Chen LL. Quantitative study of focused ultrasound enhanced doxorubicin delivery to prostate tumor in vivo with MRI guidance. Medical Physics. 2012 May;39(5) :2780-2786.

Mu Z, Ma CM, Chen X, Cvetkovic D, Pollack A, Chen L. MR-guided pulsed high intensity focused ultrasound enhancement of docetaxel combined with radiotherapy for prostate cancer treatment. Phys Med Biol. 2012 Jan 4;57(2) :535-545.

Wang L, Feigenberg S, Fan J, Jin L, Turaka A, Chen L, Ma CM. Target repositional accuracy and PTV margin verification using three-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) of lung cancers. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2012 ;13(2) :3708.

Ma CM, Luxton G, Orton CG. Point/counterpoint: pulsed reduced dose rate radiation therapy is likely to become the treatment modality of choice for recurrent cancers. Med Phys. 2011 Sep;38(9) :4909-11.

Ma CM, Luxton G, Orton CG. Pulsed reduced dose rate radiation therapy is likely to become the treatment modality of choice for recurrent cancers. Med Phys. 2011 Sep;38(9) :4909.

Ma CM, Li J. Dose specification for radiation therapy: dose to water or dose to medium?. Phys Med Biol. 2011 May 21;56(10) :3073-89.

Fourkal E, Velchev I, Ma CM, Fan J. Linear energy transfer of proton clusters. Phys Med Biol. 2011 May 21;56(10) :3123-36.

Yang B, Dong Z, Lin MH, Ma CM. A new method to deliver supraclavicular radiation in breast radiotherapy for lung sparing. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2011 ;12(3) :3374.

Chibani O, Moftah B, Ma CMC. On Monte Carlo modeling of megavoltage photon beams: A revisited study on the sensitivity of beam parameters. Medical Physics. 2011 Jan;38(1) :188-201.

Chen LL, Mu ZM, Hachem P, Ma CM, Wallentine A, Pollack A. MR-guided focused ultrasound: enhancement of intratumoral uptake of H-3 -docetaxel in vivo. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2010 Dec;55(24) :7399-7410.

Xu QY, He ZJ, Fan JJ, Hamilton RJ, Chen Y, Ma CM, Xing L. Registration of on-board X-ray images with 4DCT: A proposed method of phase and setup verification for gated radiotherapy. Physica Medica. 2010 Jul;26(3) :117-125.

Li JS, Lin T, Chen LL, Price RA, Ma CM. Uncertainties in IMRT dosimetry. Medical Physics. 2010 Jun;37(6) :2491-2500.

Chen LL, Paskalev K, Xu X, Zhu J, Wang L, Price RA, Hu W, Feigenberg SJ, Horwitz EM, Pollack A, Ma CMC. Rectal dose variation during the course of image-guided radiation therapy of prostate cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2010 May;95(2) :198-202.

Eldib AA, ElGohary MI, Fan JJ, Jin LH, Li JS, Ma CMC, Elsherbini NA. Dosimetric characteristics of an electron multileaf collimator for modulated electron radiation therapy. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2010 ;11(2) :5-22.

Li JS, Jin L, Pollack A, Horwitz EM, Buyyounouski MK, Price RA Jr, Ma CM. Gains from real-time tracking of prostate motion during external beam radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Dec 1;75(5) :1613-20.

Fan J, Paskalev K, Wang L, Jin L, Li J, Eldeeb A, Ma C. Determination of output factors for stereotactic radiosurgery beams. Medical Physics. 2009 Nov;36(11) :5292-5300.

Zhu TC, Ahnesjo A, Lam KL, Li XA, Ma CMC, Palta JR, Sharpe MB, Thomadsen B, Tailor RC. Report of AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group 74: In-air output ratio, S-c, for megavoltage photon beams. Medical Physics. 2009 Nov;36(11) :5261-5291.

Freedman GM, Li T, Nicolaou N, Chen Y, Ma CC, Anderson PR. Breast intensity-modulated radiation therapy reduces time spent with acute dermatitis for women of all breast sizes during radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Jul 1;74(3) :689-94. PMC ID:PMC2720600.

Wang L, Hayes S, Paskalev K, Jin L, Buyyounouski MK, Ma CC, Feigenberg S. Dosimetric comparison of stereotactic body radiotherapy using 4D CT and multiphase CT images for treatment planning of lung cancer: Evaluation of the impact on daily dose coverage. Radiother Oncol. 2009 Jun;91(3) :314-24.

Stathakis S, Roland T, Papanikolaou N, Li JS, Ma C. A Prediction Study on Radiation-induced Second Malignancies for IMRT Treatment Delivery. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. 2009 Apr;8(2) :141-147.

Fourkal E, Veltchev I, Ma CM. Laser-to-proton energy transfer efficiency in laser-plasma interactions. Journal of Plasma Physics. 2009 Apr;75 :235-250.

Konski A, Movsas B, Konopka M, Ma C, Price R, Pollack A. Developing a radiation error scoring system to monitor quality control events in a radiation oncology department. J Am Coll Radiol. 2009 Jan;6(1) :45-50.

Yang J, Ma C, Wang L, Chen LL, Li JS. Effect of collimator and couch angle change on breast IMRT dose distributions. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2009 ;10(4) :55-63.

Luo W, Li J, Fourkal E, Fan J, Xu X, Chen Z, Jin L, Price R, Ma CM. Dosimetric advantages of IMPT over IMRT for laser-accelerated proton beams. Phys Med Biol. 2008 Dec 21;53(24) :7151-66.

Jin L, Ma CM, Fan J, Eldib A, Price RA, Chen L, Wang L, Chi Z, Xu Q, Sherif M, Li JS. Dosimetric verification of modulated electron radiotherapy delivered using a photon multileaf collimator for intact breasts. Phys Med Biol. 2008 Nov 7;53(21) :6009-25.

Lin T, Chen Y, Hossain M, Li J, Ma CM. Dosimetric investigation of high dose rate, gated IMRT. Med Phys. 2008 Nov;35(11) :5079-87.

Ibbott G, Ma CM, Rogers DWO, Seltzer SM, Williamson JF. Anniversary paper: Fifty years of AAPM involvement in radiation dosimetry. Medical Physics. 2008 Apr;35(4) :1418-1427.

Klein EE, Vicic M, Ma CM, Low DA, Drzymala RE. Validation of calculations for electrons modulated with conventional photon multileaf collimators. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2008 Mar;53(5) :1183-1208.

Chetty IJ, Curran B, Cygler JE, DeMarco JJ, Ezzell G, Faddegon BA, Kawrakow I, Keall PJ, Liu H, Ma CMC, Rogers DWO, Seuntjens J, Sheikh-Bagheri D, Siebers JV. Report of the AAPM Task Group No. 105: Issues associated with clinical implementation of Monte Carlo-based photon and electron external beam treatment planning. Medical Physics. 2007 Dec;34(12) :4818-4853.

Murphy MJ, Balter J, Balter S, BenComo JA, Das IJ, Jiang SB, Ma CM, Olivera GH, Rodebaugh RF, Ruchala KJ, Shirato H, Yin FF. The management of imaging dose during image-guided radiotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 75. Medical Physics. 2007 Oct;34(10) :4041-4063.

Chen LL, Nguyen TB, Jones E, Chen ZQ, Luo W, Wang L, Price RA, Pollack A, Ma CMC. Magnetic resonance-based treatment planning for prostate intensity-modulated radiotherapy: Creation of digitally reconstructed radiographs. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2007 Jul;68(3) :903-911.

Fan J, Luo W, Fourkal E, Lin T, Li J, Veltchev I, Ma CM. Shielding design for a laser-accelerated proton therapy system. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2007 Jul;52(13) :3913-3930.

Jin L, Wang L, Li J, Luo W, Feigenberg SJ, Ma CM. Investigation of optimal beam margins for stereotactic radiotherapy of lung-cancer using Monte Carlo dose calculations. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2007 Jun;52(12) :3549-3561.

Chibani O, Ma CMC. On the discrepancies between Monte Carlo dose calculations and measurements for the 18 MV Varian photon beam. Medical Physics. 2007 Apr;34(4) :1206-1216.

Freedman GM, Anderson PR, Goldstein LJ, Ma CM, Li J, Swaby RF, Litwin S, Watkins-Bruner D, Sigurdson ER, Morrow M. Four-week course of radiation for breast cancer using hypofractionated intensity modulated radiation therapy with an incorporated boost. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Mar 20;68(2) :347-53.

Velchev I, Fourkal E, Ma CM. Laser-induced Coulomb mirror effect: Applications for proton acceleration. Physics of Plasmas. 2007 Mar;14(3) .

Fourkal E, Velchev I, Fan J, Luo W, Ma CM. Energy optimization procedure for treatment planning with laser-accelerated protons. Med Phys. 2007 Feb;34(2) :577-84.

Fourkal E, Velchev I, Ma CM, Smolyakov A. Resonant transparency of materials with negative permittivity. Physics Letters A. 2007 Feb;361(4-5) :277-282.

Feigenberg SJ, Paskalev K, McNeeley S, Horwitz EM, Konski A, Wang L, Ma C, Pollack A. Comparing computed tomography localization with daily ultrasound during image-guided radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer: a prospective evaluation. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2007 ;8(3) :2268.

Ma C. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy: practical aspects. Handbook of radiotherapy physics : theory and practice. 2007 :975-986.

Wang L, Feigenberg S, Chen L, Pasklev K, Ma CC. Benefit of three-dimensional image-guided stereotactic localization in the hypofractionated treatment of lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Nov 1;66(3) :738-47.

Price RA, Hannoun-Levi JM, Horvvitz E, Buyyounouski M, Ruth KJ, Ma CM, Pollack A. Impact of pelvic nodal irradiation with intensity-modulated radiotherapy on treatment of prostate cancer. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS. 2006 Oct;66(2) :583-592.

Price RA Jr, Hannoun-Levi JM, Horwitz E, Buyyounouski M, Ruth KJ, Ma CM, Pollack A. Impact of pelvic nodal irradiation with intensity-modulated radiotherapy on treatment of prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Oct 1;66(2) :583-92.

Stathakis S, Li JS, Paskalev K, Yang J, Wang L, Ma CM. Ultra-thin TLDs for skin dose determination in high energy photon beams. Phys Med Biol. 2006 Jul 21;51(14) :3549-67.

Luo W, Li JS, Price RA, Chen LL, Yang J, Fan JJ, Chen ZQ, McNeeley S, Xu X, Ma CM. Monte Carlo based IMRT dose verification using MLC log files and R/V outputs. MEDICAL PHYSICS. 2006 Jul;33(7) :2557-2564.

Fan J, Li J, Chen L, Stathakis S, Luo W, Du Plessis F, Xiong W, Yang J, Ma CM. A practical Monte Carlo MU verification tool for IMRT quality assurance. Phys Med Biol. 2006 May 21;51(10) :2503-15.

du Plessis FCP, Leal A, Stathakis S, Xiong W, Ma CM. Characterization of megavoltage electron beams delivered through a photon multi-leaf collimator (pMLC). PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. 2006 Apr;51(8) :2113-2129.

Ma CM, Paskalev K. In-room CT techniques for image-guided radiation therapy. Med Dosim. 2006 Spring;31(1) :30-9.

Chen Z, Ma CM, Paskalev K, Li J, Yang J, Richardson T, Palacio L, Xu X, Chen L. Investigation of MR image distortion for radiotherapy treatment planning of prostate cancer. PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. 2006 Mar;51(6) :1393-1403.

Ma CMC, Maughan RL, Orton CG. Within the next decade conventional cyclotrons for proton radiotherapy will become obsolete and replaced by far less expensive machines using compact laser systems for the acceleration of the protons. MEDICAL PHYSICS. 2006 Mar;33(3) :571-573.

Ma CM, Maughan RL. Within the next decade conventional cyclotrons for proton radiotherapy will become obsolete and replaced by far less expensive machines using compact laser systems for the acceleration of the protons. Med Phys. 2006 Mar;33(3) :571-3.

Pollack A, Hanlon AL, Horwitz EM, Feigenberg SJ, Konski AA, Movsas B, Greenberg RE, Uzzo RG, Ma CMC, McNeeley SW, Buyyounouski MK, Price RA. Dosimetry and preliminary acute toxicity in the first 100 men treated for prostate cancer on a randomized hypofractionation dose escalation trial. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS. 2006 Feb;64(2) :518-526.

Wang L, Li JS, Paskalev K, Hoban P, Luo W, Chen LL, McNeeley S, Price R, Ma C. Commissioning and quality assurance of a commercial stereotactic treatment-planning system for extracranial IMRT. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2006 ;7(1) :21-34.

Ma CM, Veltchev I, Fourkal E, Li JS, Luo W, Fan J, Lin T, Pollack A. Development of a laser-driven proton accelerator for cancer therapy. Laser Physics. 2006 ;16(4) :639-646.

Fourkal E, Velchev I, Ma CM, Smolyakov A. Evanescent wave interference and the total transparency of a warm high-density plasma slab. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. 2006 No.;13(9) :Art..

Price RA, Paskalev K, McNeeley S, Ma CM. Elongated beamlets: a simple technique for segment and MU reduction for sMLC IMRT delivery on accelerators utilizing 5 mm leaf widths. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2005 Oct 7;50(19) :N235-N242.

Paskalev K, Feigenberg S, Wang L, Movsas B, Laske D, Ma C. A method for repositioning of stereotactic brain patients with the aid of real-time CT image guidance. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2005 Aug 21;50(16) :N201-N207.

Fourkal E, Velchev I, Ma CM. Coulomb explosion effect and the maximum energy of protons accelerated by high-power lasers. Physical Review E Statistical, Nonlinear, & Soft Matter Physics. 2005 Mar;71(3 Pt 2B) :036412.

Stathakis S, Price R, Ma CM. Dosimetry validation of treatment room shielding design. Medical Physics. 2005 Feb;32(2) :448-454.

Li JS, Shahine B, Fourkal E, Ma CM. A particle track-repeating algorithm for proton beam dose calculation. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2005 Sp. Iss. SI MAR 7;50(5) :1001-1010.

Yang J, Li J, Chen L, Price R, McNeeley S, Qin L, Wang L, Xiong W, Ma CM. Dosimetric verification of IMRT treatment planning using Monte Carlo simulations for prostate cancer. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2005 Sp. Iss. SI MAR 7;50(5) :869-878.

Xiong W, Li J, Ma CM. Effect of patient variation on standard- and hypo-fractionated radiotherapy of prostate cancer. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2005 ;50(7) :1483-1492.

Ma CM, Li JS, Jiang SB, Pawlicki T, Xiong W, Qin LH, Yang J. Effect of statistical uncertainties on Monte Carlo treatment planning. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2005 Sp. Iss. SI MAR 7;50(5) :891-907.

Fourkal E, Velchev I, Ma CM. Heavy-ion dynamics in the acceleration of protons by the interaction of high-power lasers with double-layer targets. Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS). 2005 ;3 :1822-1824.

Ma C. Intensity modulated radiation therapy. Clinical implementation and quality assurance. Handbook of Radiotherapy Physics. 2005 .

Song YL, Boyer AL, Pawlicki T, Jiang S, Yang Y, Ma C, Xing L. Modulated electron radiation therapy: emerging technology.. Intensity Modulated Radiatiion Therapy - A clinical Perspective. 2005 :327-336.

Luo W, Fourkal E, Li J, Ma CM. Particle selection and beam collimation system for laser-accelerated proton beam therapy. Medical Physics. 2005 ;32(3) :794-806.

Ma C. Practice of radiation oncology. Manual for Radiation Oncology Nursing Practice and Education. 2005 :12-21.

Paskalev K, Feigenberg S, Jacob R, McNeeley S, Horwitz E, Price R, Ma C, Pollack A. Target localization for post-prostatectomy patients using CT and ultrasound image guidance. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2005 ;6(4) :40-9.

Chen L, Price RA, Nguyen TB, Wang L, Li JS, Qin L, Ding M, Palacio E, Ma CM, Pollack A. Dosimetric evaluation of MRI-based treatment planning for prostate cancer. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2004 Nov 21;49(22) :5157-5170.

Chen L, Price RA Jr, Wang L, Li J, Qin L, McNeeley S, Ma CM, Freedman GM, Pollack A. MRI-based treatment planning for radiotherapy: dosimetric verification for prostate IMRT. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2004 Oct 1;60(2) :636-47.

Yang J, Li JS, Qin L, Xiong W, Ma CM. Modelling of electron contamination in clinical photon beams for Monte Carlo dose calculation. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2004 Jun;49(12) :2657-2673.

Li JS, Freedman GM, Price R, Wang L, Anderson P, Chen L, Xiong W, Yang J, Pollack A, Ma CM. Clinical implementation of intensity-modulated tangential beam irradiation for breast cancer. Medical Physics. 2004 May;31(5) :1023-1031.

Pawlicki T, Luxton G, Le QT, Findley D, Ma CM. Lens dose in MLC-based IMRT treatments of the head and neck. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 May 1;59(1) :293-9.

Deng J, Guerrero T, Ma CM, Nath R. Modelling 6 MV photon beams of a stereotactic radiosurgery system for Monte Carlo treatment planning. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2004 May;49(9) :1689-1704.

Ma CM, Price RA, Li JS, Chen L, Wang L, Fourkal E, Qin L, Yang J. Monitor unit calculation for Monte Carlo treatment planning. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2004 May;49(9) :1671-1687.

Xiong W, Li J, Chen L, Price RA, Freedman G, Ding M, Qin L, Yang J, Ma CM. Optimization of combined electron and photon beams for breast cancer. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2004 May;49(10) :1973-1989.

Paskalev K, Ma CM, Jacob R, Price R, McNeeley S, Wang L, Movsas B, Pollack A. Daily target localization for prostate patients based on 3D image correlation. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2004 Mar;49(6) :931-939.

Wang L, Movsas B, Jacob R, Fourkal E, Chen L, Price R, Feigenberg S, Konski A, Pollack A, Ma C. Stereotactic IMRT for prostate cancer: dosimetric impact of multileaf collimator leaf width in the treatment of prostate cancer with IMRT. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2004 ;5(2) :29-41.

Wang L, Jacob R, Chen L, Ma C, Movsas B, Feigenberg S, Konski A. Stereotactic IMRT for prostate cancer: setup accuracy of a new stereotactic body localization system. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2004 ;5(2) :18-28.

Fourkal E, Li JS, Xiong W, Nahum A, Ma CM. Intensity modulated radiation therapy using laser-accelerated protons: a Monte Carlo dosimetric study. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2003 Dec;48(24) :3977-4000.

Ding MS, Li JS, Deng J, Fourkal E, Ma CM. Dose correlation for thoracic motion in radiation therapy of breast cancer. Medical Physics. 2003 Sep;30(9) :2520-2529.

Fourkal E, Li JS, Ding M, Tajima T, Ma CM. Particle selection for laser-accelerated proton therapy feasibility study. Medical Physics. 2003 Jul;30(7) :1660-1670.

Price RA, Chibani O, Ma CM. Shielding evaluation for IMRT implementation in an existing accelerator vault. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2003 Summer;4(3) :231-8.

Blomquist M, Karlsson M, Ma CM, Zackrisson B. Comments on 'X-ray energy choice for lung tumour irradiation depends on the density distribution of clonogenic cells'. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2003 Apr 21;48(8) :L29-L30.

Ma CM, Ding M, Li JS, Lee MC, Pawlicki T, Deng J. A comparative dosimetric study on tangential photon beams, intensity- modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and modulated electron radiotherapy (MERT) for breast cancer treatment. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2003 Apr 7;48(7) :909-924.

Ma CM, Jiang SB, Pawlicki T, Chen Y, Li JS, Deng J, Boyer AL. A quality assurance phantom for IMRT dose verification. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2003 Mar;48(5) :561-572.

Ma CM, Price R, McNeeley S, Chen L, Li JS, Wang L, Ding M, Fourkal E, Qin L. Clinical implementation and quality assurance for intensity modulated radiation therapy. Standards and Codes of Practice in Medical Radiation Dosimetry, Proceedings of an International Symposium, Vienna, Austria, Nov. 25-28, 2002. 2003 ;2 :369-380.

Fourkal E, Shahine B, Ding M, Li JS, Tajima T, Ma CM. Particle in cell simulation of laser-accelerated proton beams for radiation therapy. Medical Physics. 2002 Dec;29(12) :2788-2798.

Deng J, Lee MC, Ma CM. A Monte Carlo investigation of fluence profiles collimated by an electron specific MLC during beam delivery for modulated electron radiation therapy. Medical Physics. 2002 Nov;29(11) :2472-2483.

Ma CM, Li JS, Pawlicki T, Jiang SB, Deng J, Lee MC, Koumrian T, Luxton M, Brain S. A Monte Carlo dose calculation tool for radiotherapy treatment planning. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2002 May 21;47(10) :1671-1689.

Blomquist M, Li JS, Ma CM, Zackrisson B, Karlsson M. Comparison between a conventional treatment energy and 50 MV photons for the treatment of lung tumours. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2002 Mar 21;47(6) :889-897.

Ma CM, Pawlicki T, Li JS, Deng J, Lee MC, Kapur A, Price RA, McNeeley S, Chen L, Fourkal E, Ding M. Accurate dosimetry for intensity modulated radiation therapy. Recent developments in accurate radiation dosimetry. 2002 :249-267.

Ma CM, Price RA, McNeeley S, Chen L. Clinical implementation and quality assurance for intensity modulated radiation therapy. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Standards and Codes of Practice in Medical Radiation Dosimetry. 2002 .

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